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Friday, March 20, 1998Last modified at 4:19 a.m. on Friday, March 20, 1998

Crime Wrap

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BURGLARY

8200 block of Colton Avenue

A 26-year-old resident reported Wednesday that one or more people broke into his home between 5:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. and stole miscellaneous valuables, including a silver utensil set, an antique pocket watch, a lap-top computer, a leather day planner and briefcase, cash, checks, ATM cards, credit cards and Southwest Airlines tickets.

Police found footprints in mud leading to the window where at least one suspect entered the home.

BURGLARY OF A VEHICLE

1800 block of 19th Street

A 35-year-old man reported that a Vox amplifier worth $3,000 had been stolen from his vehicle while parked at The Crossroads bar Tuesday between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

7400 block of Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard

A 49-year-old man reported that three vehicles and a trailer at a business had been broken into between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 2 a.m. Thursday. The man reported $6,500 in losses from damage and theft.

Little information was provided on items stolen, but damage was reported to windows, windshields, stereo equipment and paneling in the vehicles. Plus, damage was reported to the doors and screens, a microwave and closets and carpeting in the trailer.

To get to the third vehicle, which was connected to the trailer, the suspect scaled an eight-foot fence by climbing atop some wooden pallets stacked next to the fence. Inside the fence, the business was guarded by a head-butting billy goat, which apparently did not deter the suspect, police reported.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

2700 block of Auburn Street

A 29-year-old spring-water delivery man reported a resident who had been sleeping pointed a shotgun at him when he came to pick up a water cooler at a residence at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The gunman told police he works nights and heard the deliveryman's voice along with that of a witness who answered the door. The gunman said he understood that the deliveryman just walked into the residence when the witness opened the door. The gunman said he went to get the shotgun when he heard a second witness telling the deliveryman to get out.

THEFT

3300 block of South Loop 289

A 32-year-old Pollard Ford employee reported that a maroon 1998 Ford F-150 pickup had been stolen between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Wednesday from the northwest parking lot of a business. A witness told police that a suspect somehow obtained a lock-box key, unlocked a lock box holding the truck's keys and drove off the lot in an unknown direction.